AN: Okay well this story seems to be going well. I have been updating frequently which is normally odd for me. However, this story is getting tons of great reviews, so why not? Keep reviewing and I will see what I can do about having another chapter up by tomorrow :)

Jess opened his eyes slowly waking up. It was fairly dark except for a lamp. He sat up and rubbed his eyes. He glanced over at the clock. It was only seven. It was then that he wondered where Rory was. He looked around, panic-stricken. Where could she be? He stood up and turned on another light.

"Rory…?" He called out shakily. It was obvious that he had just woken up. His heart was beating fast for no apparent reason. Maybe it was because Rory was out of his sight. That's when he noticed the light shining from under the bathroom door. He leaned on the door and knocked, awaiting an answer of sorts.

"Rory…?" He called out again. As soon as he said it, the door swung open. There stood Rory. She was wearing a dark red shirt with a pair of blue jeans. She was drying her hair with a white towel that he guessed was the motels. Her damp hair made him smile as he remembered the time he had helped her with the sprinklers.

"Jess," She said his name so beautifully, "I didn't know you were awake." Jess nodded at her statement. Rory smiled and brushed past him. He pretended not to feel a spark as she passed. He turned around and watched her stumble around the motel room looking for something.

"What are you looking for?" Jess kept his voice even, trying not to give away anything. He felt like himself when he was with Rory, but sometimes he didn't want her to know every thought that went through his head.

"My brush…" Rory said absently. She hadn't noticed Jess's eyes holding back. Jess was sure that she always knew when he was hiding something. She knew him more than most.

"By the TV." Jess said casually. Rory smiled as she picked up the brush and ran it through her hair. "So what's the occasion?" He asked her smartly. She looked nice. He noticed that she was trying, on some level, to impress him.

"Well since it's the first week of summer, there is a major beach party down by the pool. Figured we'd check it out." Rory said smiling. She bounced back over to him. They were about a foot away, he noticed. She looked up at him and searched his eyes for an answer. He nodded.

"Sounds good." Jess said with a small smile. Rory squealed and wrapped her arms around him, bringing him into a hug. Jess let his arms fall around her. Her embrace made him feel closer to her than he had before.

"You won't regret it, I promise!" Rory said happily. "Get dressed!" She picked up his duffel bag and dragged it over to him, then she turned and went back into the bathroom to continue getting ready.

Jess shed his leather jacket and threw it onto the bed. He looked through his clothes and pulled out a pair of dark jeans and a navy blue button-up shirt. He wanted to look nice for Rory. He pulled off his pants and replaced them with the jeans; he then did the same with his shirt. As he began buttoning up his shirt, Rory came out of the bathroom.

"Jess do you need to…" She let her sentence trail off as she looked at him. It was clear that she was checking him out. This made Jess a little nervous. He decided to continue buttoning up his shirt so that maybe they could avoid any awkwardness. He tried to focus on his shirt, but he couldn't help but steal a few glances at Rory who was trying to remember what she was going to say. Jess smirked as he reached the last button.

"Do you need to use the bathroom?" She asked, finally getting the words out. Jess smiled and nodded.

"Yeah." He went into the bathroom and decided to brush his teeth and shave his face. He noticed that while he was asleep, Rory had arranged all of his stuff on a shelf above the sink. He smiled. This is going to be a fun night. Jess thought to himself. He knew that tonight he'd get them back to the way they were. He decided that tonight, he'd make an effort; he'd talk in complete sentences and remind her why they were perfect together. After all, she did come with him…

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Rory and Jess sat at a white plastic table as music played in the background. Around them, teenagers were drinking and dancing, some were even swimming. Jess smiled at Rory, and she smiled back.

"So how's Yale treating you?" Jess asked lightly. He figured that they had to start someplace.

"It's good. It was hard until I got my grounding though. What about you? What have you been up to since I last saw you?" Rory asked. Jess thought about what he had been doing since he had made that big mistake.

"Well, to be honest, I was in conflict with myself for a while. I didn't sleep much and that gave me a lot of time to think about my life…" Jess said trailing off. Rory nodded, knowing that there was more.

"And what did you discover?" She asked curiously. Jess smiled at her persistence.

"I discovered that without you, my life didn't have meaning. You showed me that life was worth living and I knew that if I could just get you back to me, everything would be okay again." He stopped and looked down slightly. He was somewhat worried about what she'd think about what he had said.

Rory jumped out of her chair and went over to Jess. She sat down in his lap and in one swift movement, she kissed him. Jess was surprised at first but quickly began kissing her back. He wrapped his arms around her and moved forward in eagerness to deepen the kiss, but just as he did, Rory pulled away. The grin on her face was huge, like she had jump won a million bucks. Jess shot her his crooked smile, before his face turned serious again.

"Rory…I love you." He spoke the words carefully and added more feeling into it than anticipated. He had said it before, but he had walked away when she didn't answer immeadiatly. It wasn't until after the fact that he realized that he should have waited for a response of some kind. He searched her killer blue eyes for a sign or a hesitation. There was nothing but love awaiting him in her eyes that night.

"I-I…I love you too, Jess." Rory spoke the words much like Jess had except once they were out a single tear fell down her face. Jess noticed it and quickly wiped it away with his thumb. Rory laughed lightly and Jess smiled at her, still holding her tightly in his arms.

"Let's go get a couple of drinks." Jess said cheerfully after a few moments of comfortable silence. Rory reluctantly got off his lap and smiled in agreement. Tonight she felt like she had truly fulfilled his proclamation, Come with me. She knew that now she was actually with him.